The ladder to political<span> power in the Roman Senate was different for the wealthy patricians ... The Roman concept of the citizen evolved </span>during the Roman Republic<span> and changed ... In Roman </span>society<span>, the aristocrats were known as patricians</span>
He failed in his attempt to develop a more moral and less imperialistic policy in Latin American because he disregarded his ambassador by sending him home for being too aggressive. He also made decisions and took actions without the consent of the US Government. He ordered the Mexican port of Veracruz to be seized.
He also was part of the development of the assembly line technique of mass production.